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I have to say that it was the worst 4 months of planning in Israeli military history.

But India is counting on the increased Ur supply and that is where NPT sanctions will hurt. Also, I have less faith in India being able to do MIRV than what your scientists suggests. At this point in time, the Chinese, having decades more experience, have only managed to produce a warhead that...

I'm extremely aware of the language but what you're saying is that it won't be India's fault if 123 dies. That's not my point. My point is "who cares?" India would be the one making the decision whether 123 dies or not simply by testing or not. And whether India suffers sanctions or not...

The point you're not getting is that testing automatically kills 123. It might very be the Americans who pull out but it is your decision which invokes the Americans in their actions. Just because the Americans are the ones who have to kill 123 in the event of a test does not mean they were the...

Definition M and ARTICLE 9 A nuclear event will is a material breach of the Agreement and by teh Hyde Act, this Agreement would be null and void.

The only interruptation that matters is the US Congress. From open source info on this side of the ocean, the compensation is only restricted to commercial failure and not a nuclear event. In the case of a nuclear event, all former legislation which automatically imposes sanctions will take...

When you find one, let me know.

I think you all will have to read the Hyde Act just to understand what the legal implications are. There is very little the POTUS can do to get around the testing issue. While the 123 Agreement does not obligate the US to act, the Hyde Act does. As far as the Hyde Act is concerned, the...

The Hyde Act requires to the US to withdraw all knowledge and technical expertise and that includes taking books off shelfs, erasing hard drives, and taking whatever US equipment, including those nailed down, back to the US. The 123 Agreement stipulates this is one of the conditions.

For all intents and purposes, India is bound by the 123 Agreement not to test. If India wishes to test, then she is bound to at least notify the US of her withdrawl from the Agreement, just like any other treaty. In short, it smells like a duck, it swims like a duck, it looks like a duck.

Not in the 123 Agreement.

Oh man, I can't believe none of you are seeing through this. This is an attempt by Pakistan to kill the 123 Agreement by goading India into at least reserving the right to do nuke tests.

What the hell is this garbage? If the Soviets were anything like you stated, we would be speaking German right now. 1) Soviet artillery doctrines are still bleeding edge. They've done more than enough studies (I have a few in Russian) to know how many rounds you need out of how many guns to...

I have absolutely no idea where you get your jumbo-mumbo. I've stood guard at the Fulda Gap and while you are correct that nukes were part of their strategy, they were not the end all/be all of the offensive doctrines. They can't be. The very basis of maneuver warfare would deny them the...

Double standards are not only a reality for all countries, they are a necessity.

All members of the NPT have their reactors under IAEA observation. It's part of the big boys club and if you want to joint the big boys club, you have to play by the big boys rules.

People, With an estimated less than 100 nukes on both sides, they're all strategic weapons.

Nukes on a battlefield is a myth. Battle momentum is such that by the time a weapon is deployed, the lines would have shifted miles away and you will bomb mostly just empty space. Battles are also defined by small unit actions, not the big formations that people come to expect. In other words...

There is no such thing as a tac nuke.

Oh come on, people, Musharraf was NOT the Release Command Authority during Kragil. Sharif was. Even if Pak nukes were operational (and they were not but that's an entirely different thread), Musharraf at his command level could not and did not include them in his planning. Frankly, the man does...